{"id":68874,"date":"2022-04-22T10:29:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T17:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=68874"},"modified":"2023-02-21T15:54:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T23:54:54","slug":"how-to-delete-snapchat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/internet-culture\/how-to-delete-snapchat\/","title":{"rendered":"How to delete your Snapchat account"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to remove yourself from the internet | #AskFirefox\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cZBYwK4kvIA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you\u2019ve migrated to another similar <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/internet-culture\/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-social-media\/\">social media<\/a> platform, or have simply outgrown it, you may be tempted to just delete the Snapchat app from your phone and get on with it. But you\u2019ll want to scrub your data, too. Here\u2019s how to delete your Snapchat account from an iOS app:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the <strong>profile icon<\/strong> on the top left, then the <strong>settings icon<\/strong> on the top right.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scroll all the way down and hit <strong>delete account<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter your password then <strong>continue<\/strong>. Your account will be deleted in 30 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how to delete your Snapchat account from your browser:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/accounts.snapchat.com\/accounts\/delete_account\">https:\/\/accounts.snapchat.com\/accounts\/delete_account<\/a> and log in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter your password. Your account will be deleted in 30 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.snapchat.com\/en-US\/a\/delete-my-account1\"><em>More information from Snapchat<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With our lives so online, our digital space can get messy with inactive and unnecessary accounts \u2014 and forgetting about them can pose a security risk. You\u2019ll be off to a good start with <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/internet-culture\/how-to-delete-instagram-facebook-online-accounts\/\">our one-stop shop for deleting online accounts<\/a>, but it\u2019s far from exhaustive. So here\u2019s a bonus tip: <a href=\"https:\/\/monitor.firefox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign up for Firefox Monitor.<\/a> It alerts you when your data shows up in any breaches, including on websites that you\u2019ve forgotten giving your information to. <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you\u2019ve migrated to another similar social media platform, or have simply outgrown it, you may be tempted to just delete the Snapchat app from your phone and get on with it. But you\u2019ll want to scrub your data, too. Here\u2019s how to delete your Snapchat account from an iOS app: Here\u2019s how to delete [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1889,"featured_media":68810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461998],"tags":[],"coauthors":[464117],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to delete your Snapchat account<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Whether you\u2019ve migrated to another similar social media platform, or have simply outgrown it, you may be tempted to just delete the Snapchat app from your phone and get on with it.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/internet-culture\/how-to-delete-snapchat\/\" \/>\n<script 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